生活英語口語:我是不是在哪兒見過你?
T: do you mind if I sit here?
P: no, of course not. Go ahead.
T: don't I know you?
P: yes, now that you mention it, I think we had a chemistry class together in high school.
T: you're right! How are you? It's been a long time!
P: What did you do after high school?
T: I went straight to university afterwards. What about you?
P: I took a year off to go travelling.
T: that sounds exciting. Where did you go?
P: I went all over the world. It was the best year of my life. Where did you go to school?
T: I went to a small school in Connecticut. It has a very good reputation for its languages department.
P: Oh, did you study a foreign language?
T: yes, I got a grant to study Chinese.
P: that's a very difficult language to learn, isn't it?
T: it is, but it's very rewarding.
P: so you can speak Chinese?
T: I can, but not as well as I'd like to. I'll be studying Chinese until the day I die!
P: I think most languages take a lifetime to learn well.
我坐這兒你不介意吧?
不,當(dāng)然不介意,坐吧.
我該不會是認識你吧?
對了,說起來還真認識.我想我們高中時曾經(jīng)在一起上過化學(xué)課.
沒錯!你好嗎?那是很久以前的事了!
你高中畢業(yè)后干了什么?
我直接上大學(xué)了.你呢?
我休學(xué)一年出去旅游了.
聽起來很有意思.你都去哪里了?
我走遍了全球.那是我生命中最美好的一年.你去哪個學(xué)校了?
我去了康涅狄格州的一個小學(xué)校.那兒的語言學(xué)院名聲很好.
你學(xué)的是外語吧?
對,我拿了獎學(xué)金學(xué)中文.
那是一門很難學(xué)的語言,對吧?
是的,但是很值得一學(xué).
那你現(xiàn)在可以講中文了?
可以,但是我希望自己能說的更好些.對于中文,我會活到老學(xué)到老的.
我覺得大多數(shù)語言要想掌握好都要花上一輩子的時間.
afterwards:at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned 以后;后來
Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.
后來她后悔說了那些話.
Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterwards.
咱們先去看戲,然后吃飯.
Shortly afterwards he was seen in a bar in town.
不久以后,有人在城里一家酒吧見到了他.
rewarding:(of an activity, etc. 活動等) worth doing; that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important 值得做的;有益的
a rewarding experience/job
有益的經(jīng)歷/工作
Teaching is not very financially rewarding(= is not very well paid).
教書不會有很高的報酬.
lifetime:the length of time that sb lives or that sth lasts 一生;終身;有生之年;(某物的)存在期,壽命,使用期限
His diary was not published during his lifetime.
他的日記在他生前未曾發(fā)表過.
a lifetime of experience
畢生的經(jīng)驗
in the lifetime of the present government
在本屆政府的任期內(nèi)
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